Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter-1 The Last Lesson Question Answers
Question1. What was franz apprehensive of?
Answer : Franz teacher had asked the students to prepare a lesson on participles but he (Franz) knew nothing about them. Moreover, he was late for school, so he thought that he would be scolded.
Question 2. Why was there a large crowd in front of the bulletin-board?
Answer : The bulletin-board gave people news of the lost battles or the orders of commanding officers etc. There was a large crowd in front of the bulletin-board to read the latest news. The news was that they were to study German instead of french in their schools.
Question 3. How did people in Alsace put off learning?
Answer : The people in Alsace did not pay proper attention to the study of their own language. They thought that they had plenty of time and that they would learn it tomorrow. That is they put off learning.
Question 4. How does M. Hamel praise the French language.
Answer : M. Hamel is a great lover of his language. He says that French is the most beautiful language in the world. It is the clearest and the most logical language.
Question 5. What did the author do when he was not learning his lesson?
Answer : The author was not keen at his studies. When he was not learning his lessons, he would seek bird’s eggs or go sliding on the saar.
Question 6. How did the author come to know that it was the last lesson in French?
Answer : The teacher told the students that the order had come from Barlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine and that is was their last lesson in French.
Question 7. How will the German reproach the French?
Answer : They will reproach the French saying that they pretend to be Frenchmen and yet they can neither speak nor write their own language.
Question 8. What did M.Hamel ask Franz to do when he entered the class?
Answer : When Franz entered the class, M. Hamel asked him gently to go to his place quickly as they were beginning without him.
Question 9. Why were villagers sitting on the back benches of the class that day?
Answer : The villagers were sitting on the back benches of the class as they were sorry that they had not gone to school. They also wanted to thank M. Hamel for his long and faithful service.
Question 10. What was the condition of Franz when when his name was called in the class?
Answer : When Franz’ s name was called in the class, his heart was beating and he did not dare look up as he did not know anything about the rules of participles.
Question 11. Who was wachter? Why did he call after Franz?
Answer : Wachter was a blacksmith. He was reading the news at the bulletin. He called after Franz not to run so fast as he would get to his school in plenty of time.
Question 12. What did M. Hamel say to the students at the time of dismissing the class?
Answer : At the time of dismissing the class, M. Hamel did not say anything to the students because he got emotional. He just leaned his head against the wall and without a word made a gesture with his hand “school is dismissed – you may go.”
Long Answer type Questions
Question1. Why was franz running to words that day? What did he notice dering the way?
Answer : That day franz was running towards the school because he was very late. He was in great dread of scolding. Actually his teacher had said that he would ask question on participles. The name of his teacher was M. Hamel. Franz did not know the first word about them. So he was in double terror. He did not know about the rules of the participle and he was late. On the way he noticed the birds chirping at the edge of the woods. The Prussian soldiers drilling in the open field back of the sawmill. It was more attractive than the rules of participles. When he passed the town hall, he was called blacksmith, Wachter who was there with his apprentice. When franz reached the school, he found everything so quite as Sundays through the window he saw his classmates. His classmates were sitting quietly. M. Hamel was walking up and down. He was taking an iron ruler under his arm. He saw his teacher wearing a beautiful green coat. He saw the villagers sitting on the back benches. Those people were the old Houser, the farmer mayer, the farmer postmaster and many others. Everything and everybody was still that day.
